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Publisher's Commentary
As the buzz in Mississippi currently centers around
the pending House of Representatives vote to elect either Ronnie Musgrove
or Mike Parker as our next Governor in January, plenty of other power plays
are at work in our State Capital.
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The 1999 Gubernatorial Election:
A Civics Lesson for the ages
With the millennium and the century drawing to a
close I suppose that it is only fitting that the 1999 gubernatorial election
provide us with one of the greatest living civics lessons in the storied
history of Mississippi government. In addition, as happens more often
than not in the world of politics those lessons are full of ironies.
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Emergency medical services suffer
from BBA
BY Julie Speed
After Medicare denied most claims for EMS service,
Pafford Ambulance Service packed up and went home.
Jamie Pafford-Gresham of Pafford Ambulance Service
said repercussions of the Balanced Budget Act of 1997 were not the reason
the 32-year old family business left the Mississippi Delta.
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Delta Development
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December 1999 Issue
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A Farewell to Fordice
Fordice's pro-business stance will
long be remembered in Mississippi's history books.
The winds of political change blew across Mississippi at gale-force velocity
in November of 1991 leaving in their wake one disappointed young Democrat,
Ray Mabus. The calm after the storm produced Mississippi's first Republican
governor in over 100 years, Daniel Kirkwood Fordice. Fordice, a successful
businessman from Vicksburg, espoused the traditional, conservative, Republican
message throughout the months of 1991, stating to anyone who would listen
that Mississippi had to get its financial house in order. On campaign stops
and in media interviews, Fordice said, "We are going to stop spending more
money than we are taking in. The law says 'thou shalt balance your budget
every year in Mississippi.'"
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Agricultural Business Leaders
Reflect on 1999 Crops
Industry experts cautiously optimistic
about 2000
Subsidies from the federal government helped Delta
farmers stay afloat in cotton, corn, soybean and rice crops while pecan
and catfish farmers had bumper crops. But forecasting 2000 crops isn't
easy, say agricultural industry experts. Woods Eastland of Staplcotn, one
of the oldest companies in Greenwood, said it's difficult to say how this
year's crops will fare "because our marketing year lasts until spring and
we don't have a good number yet on what the world production is in some
very important countries."
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Webb Native Finds T.V. Broadcasting
Opportunity
David Ellington finds niche in
Low-Power T.V.
Just a few years ago with the advent of satellite and direct t.v., industry
analysts predicted t.v. would explode to would be entrepreneurs because
for the first time in history, viewers would be offered an abundancy of
channels offering more programing and advertising that in return would
create unlimited entrepreneurial opportunities. However, back then these
hotshots didn't foresee the Internet coming and also overlooked the down
side that more t.v. channels would create more competition. Fast
forward to today: things in t.v. land haven't gone as smoothly as some
had hoped and opportunities have not presented themselves as many had predicted.Now,
those nightly sitcoms seem to change with the wind as the networks hopelessly
try any and everything to hold viewers.
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